Chapter 671: Transshipment to Sudan
When a leader talks to you with a pleasant look, please automatically ignore the previous words of encouragement. What you should pay more attention to is the last few words of the leader.
"This leak may affect your work in Germany." Mu Yang had a clear understanding when he heard this.
"We don't know yet whether the Americans and Germans have learned about the role you played in this matter, but to be on the safe side, the ministry decided to transfer you back and reschedule your work," said Minister Li.
Mu Yang had no idea about Minister Li’s statement and immediately said: “I fully agree with any arrangements in the ministry.”
However, Mu Yang continued: "Minister Li, it will take about a few days to deal with Luka this time. If you change the contact person now, I am afraid that Luka will have any bad ideas, so I think I will return to China after completing the transaction."
"Haha, Xiao Mu is dedicated to the public and deserves praise. We also think so. After all, there are still many people in China looking forward to it." Minister Li said.
After hanging up the phone, Mu Yang fell into deep thought.
He had just settled down and had a good idea of working hard for several years. Now he encountered such a thing, but it was good to go back to China. He could accompany his wife and daughter. I think that for more than a year, he only met them during the Chinese New Year, and he really felt ashamed of his wife and daughter.
A week later, the Munich Consulate received Mu Yang's transfer order, and the new economic counselor also came, calling Liu Lidong. After Mu Yang handed over the work with the other party, the consulate held a small farewell ceremony in the cafeteria.
Mu Yang said goodbye to everyone and went directly to the Sudan Republic by plane.
This is also what I have reported to the Ministry before. This time Mu Yang went to Africa to do the last job and transported the batch of machine tools back to the motherland safely.
The Sudan Republic is located in northeastern Africa, along the Red Sea coast, and the eastern end of the Sahara Desert. Sudan has a land area of 1886,068 square kilometers, making it the third largest country in Africa and the 15th largest country in the world, and the capital Khartoum.
But such a country has been declared one of the least developed countries in the world by the United Nations. It was once rated as "the most unstable country in the world" by the failed country index list.
Muyang did not go to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, but went to Sudan Port, which is located on the Red Sea coast and is the only port for foreign trade. China's aid activities in Sudan are all unloading goods from here.
Mu Yang traveled here for two days, then contacted the country and asked for a container ship called "Zhenhua No. 8". After receiving a notice from Mu Yang, the country attached great importance to it and was very surprised. He lamented that the energy of those international tyrants was really great. They could actually transport German machine tools to Africa. It was only after they arrived that they began to ask for ships from China.
This "Zhenhua No. 8" ship is a 60,000-ton container freighter, affiliated to the state-owned enterprise China Shipping. This time it was a batch of daily necessities transported to Sudan, but when he went back, it was a mid-air ship. After all, Sudan could export too little to China. If it weren't for the state-owned enterprise ship, he would really not want to waste running around like this.
After receiving Mu Yang's notice, the country immediately notified China Shipping Group to secretly control the ship. On a dark night, Mu Yang got on the ship and left the cargo, and contacted the staff of the Sudan Embassy the next day.
The Sudanese Embassy sent two soldiers to escort them, and Mu Yang also boarded the ship together, preparing to return to China with the freighter.
To be honest, the living conditions on the freighter are OK, and there are only three or more units. Mu Yang was also assigned a separate room. Two other soldiers were assigned to a room with all living items, but there was a problem. The freighter's speed was too slow.
Mu Yang chatted with the seafarers. Most of these young men graduated from school trainers. Their monthly salary is about 7,000 to 8,000 yuan. Compared with the country, their income is indeed quite large. However, life at sea is boring and the same. Sometimes they cannot log in for two or three months. And the biggest problem is that it is difficult to find a wife and they don’t have a home all year round. Who would want to marry you?
And sometimes there are dangers, the sea is unpredictable, the temper comes as soon as possible, sometimes when encountering a hurricane, even a big ship will be in danger, and sometimes you may encounter legendary pirates.
Yes, it's a pirate indeed.
This is the Red Sea, and further out is the Gulf of Aden.
At 12 noon, the "Zhenhua No. 8" ship entered the waters of the Gulf of Aden. Captain Peng Yuanwei ordered "to launch an emergency plan to prevent pirate attacks, personnel withdraw from the deck into the living area, and remove the two ladders entering the living area."
Over the years, piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters have become increasingly rampant. Especially last year, pirates have hijacked more than 40 cargo ships, oil tankers, and Ukrainian cargo ships carrying tanks have been hijacked by pirates. A total of more than 250 crew members have been taken hostage by pirates. This situation has not improved this year.
Mu Yang and two soldiers both came to the command room. Although the people on the ship did not know the specific situation, they knew that they were from the country and were escorting important materials. The captain was still very polite to Mu Yang and the other two.
Captain Peng Yuanwei told Mu Yang and the other three: "We have formulated a detailed plan to deal with pirate attacks, arranged a hidden location for each crew member in advance, equipped with incendiary bombs and high-pressure faucets, organized crew members to learn how to use them, and conducted several simulation drills."
After Captain Peng gave the order, 30 crew members quickly evacuated from each job to the living area. The living area was 7 meters higher than the deck, with no windows, and the doors were tightened with screws from the inside. The crew members were on guard at their respective hidden posts, staring at the main deck with vigilance and staring at the movements on the sea. There was a real attitude of dealing with the war.
Captain Peng Yuanwei said: "I hope there are no pirates to show up so that we can go home safely."
Captain Peng Yuanwei is 57 years old and graduated from Shanghai Maritime University. He lives in a peaceful era in China. He has rich experience in nauticals, but has never participated in any battles, and the same is true for the crew.
Mu Yang also looked outside through the porthole.
Perhaps they felt that Mu Yang and his men's sailing on the sea were too boring, and the pirates were actually here to join in the fun. Two shabby speedboats rushed from a distance, with guys wearing ragged clothes and holding AK47s and rocket launchers standing on it.
In the distance, there was a larger ship with dozens of people standing on it. It seemed that this pirate gang was quite large.
Chapter completed!